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Net pay pension problems? – don’t leave them to the Treasury
The headline is misleading, the Treasury are not looking for solutions, they are looking for the long-grass ; unless people who give a damn , tell the Treasury to pull their finger out, 1.7m low earners will continue to overpay … Continue reading
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Posted in Force for Good, pensions
Tagged HMRC, HMT, Net Pay, pension tax relief, Pensions
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Mothball or keep going?
Many small businesses are faced with a stark choice. Should they go into lockdown and effectively mothball what they have – for later reuse? Or should they move on and find a way to deliver some or all of their … Continue reading
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Posted in age wage, coronavirus, pensions
Tagged AgeWage, Business relief, Coronavirus, COVID19, Grant, HMRC, HMT, pensions
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Robin Hood , the Sheriff and the King
Just as we thought we were set for some uninterrupted Government, the Chancellor and the Prime Minister fall out within a month of a much delayed budget. Just how much of the prepared budget belonged to Sajid Javid and how … Continue reading
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Pension tax transparency a long way off
The malaise with pension taxation goes much deeper than the immediate symptoms, the complexity of the Annual and Lifetime allowances, the obscurity of the money purchase annual allowance and the perversity of the running both net pay and … Continue reading
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Tagged Freedoms, HMRC, HMT, Pension Freedoms, pensions, Tax, tax relief
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For everyone’s sake – let’s sort pension savings incentives this budget.
Diversity is about including and it’s so important to pensions that we now have a minister of pensions and financial inclusion. A big part of the minister’s job is to create diversity – including not just men and … Continue reading
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Tagged AE, auto enrolment, DWP, HMRC, HMT, Incentive, net pay anomaly, NPA, pension, pensions, tax relief
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Contractors can’t have their cake and eat our pensions too
The Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed have condemned Lloyds Banking Group’s decision to either scrap contractors or force them into umbrella companies. I think this unfair on Lloyds and unfair on the tax-payer. As anyone in reward … Continue reading
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Posted in advice gap, auto-enrolment, pensions, Value for Money
Tagged auto enrolment, DWP, HMRC, HMT, IPSE, IR35, LBG, Lloyds Banking Group, pensions
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Why the door’s slammed shut on open pensions.
During the week, AgeWage was invited to compete in the Nesta Open Up Challenge. Nesta is funded by the UK lottery – they are an agency of change sponsored by the likes of you and me; As any entrepreneurial start-up … Continue reading
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Posted in advice gap, age wage, Pension Freedoms, pensions, Start ups, Technology
Tagged BEIS, DWP, HMT, Innovation, Nesta, Origo, Pension Dashboard, pensions, Technology
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So what’s unfair about a Pension Wealth Tax?
In this article I argue that any tax increases levied on the rich are ok by me, and I’m rich. The bias of vested interest The vast majority of people get tax relief on their pension contributions. Some people are excluded by … Continue reading
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Posted in accountants, Henry Tapper blog, pensions
Tagged annual allowance, HMT, Lifetime allowance, pensions, scheme pays, Tax, Treasury, Wealth, wealth management
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Schools staring into a pension “abyss”
Contrary to indications that the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) employer contributions for 2019-20 would be set at 19.1%, schools have now been told that the figure from September 2019 will be 23.6%. The Teachers Pension Scheme, along with all … Continue reading
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Posted in accountants, pensions
Tagged GAD, HMT, Local Government, pensions, schools, Teachers, Teachers Pension Scheme, TPS, Treasury, USS
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A pension dashboard for all?
I agree with Anthony Rafferty , CEO of Origo, that the dashboard isn’t just for those drawing to the close of their working (and saving) career. Rafferty writes in Professional Pensions Rafferty points out that to argue against dashboard, based … Continue reading
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Tagged ABI, Dashboard, DWP, HMT, Origo, pensions, Professioinal Pensions, Rafferty
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